A famille rose and grisaille 'European Subject' plate

CIRCA 1750-60

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A famille rose and grisaille 'European Subject' plate
Circa 1750-60
The central scene enamelled in puce, iron-red, black, sepia and gold, after a European print showing a lady apparently near her departure in the arms of her husband and in the company of a doctor, encircled by a spearhead-pattern border and a shell-scroll around the rim (frittings)
23.2 cm. diam.

Sale room notice

This lot is wrongly illustrated as lot 223 (this lot is the right-hand plate on page 62 in the catalogue)

Lot Essay

The unusual scene is to be found on a plate with a more elaborate cartouche and border illustrated by F. & N. Hervouët, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidentale, 1986, no. 15.39, colour plate.

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